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Center for Coastal Studies: Eastern Outer Shore - Aerial Surveys 2021-2024
2024-07-12T00:00:00
Daniel Palacios
Center for Coastal Studies
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NA
NA
NA
dpalacios@coastalstudies.org
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Debbie Brill
Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind
NA
NA
NA
NA
Deborah.brill@duke.edu
NA
Marine Mammals Subcommittee Lead
This layer represents transects from the Center for Coastal Studies’ aerial surveys conducted from 2021-2024 along Cape Cod’s Eastern Outer Shore. These lines show only the planned routes for the aerial surveys and are displayed for planning and research coordination purposes.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 10 0;"><SPAN>This layer represents planned transects from Center for Coastal Studies’ aerial surveys conducted from 2021-2024 along Cape Cod’s Eastern Outer Shore. The surveys are conducted from January through May and are typically done once a month during that period. The survey plane flies a series of east-west track lines that are spaced 3 nm apart. For more information visit project site: <a href="</SPAN><A href="https://coastalstudies.org/our-work/right-whale-research/population-monitoring/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://coastalstudies.org/our-work/right-whale-research/population-monitoring/</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>" target="_blank"></SPAN><A href="https://coastalstudies.org/our-work/right-whale-research/population-monitoring/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://coastalstudies.org/our-work/right-whale-research/population-monitoring/</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN></a>; and RWSC database project page: </SPAN><SPAN><a href="</SPAN><A href="https://database.rwsc.org/details?recordId=rec8uYmbwmSLZaQOb" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://database.rwsc.org/details?recordId=rec8uYmbwmSLZaQOb</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>" target="_blank"></SPAN><A href="https://database.rwsc.org/details?recordId=rec8uYmbwmSLZaQOb" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://database.rwsc.org/details?recordId=rec8uYmbwmSLZaQOb</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN></a>. These shapefiles display just the planned routes, to view the realized routes from all completed surveys visit: <a href="https://whalemap.org/#map" target="_blank">https://whalemap.org/#map</a>.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Daniel Palacios - CCS, <a href=mailto:dpalacios@coastalstudies.org target="_blank">dpalacios@coastalstudies.org</a>
RWSC
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Aerial Surveys
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Aerial Surveys conducted from 2021 - 2024
2021-01-01T00:00:00
2024-12-31T00:00:00
Daniel Palacios
Center for Coastal Studies
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dpalacios@coastalstudies.org
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Daniel Palacios
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>These data will be used by RWSC and its expert Subcommittees, partners, and other participants to implement the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frwsc.org%2Fscience-plan&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9b52ff6e91814253adae08dc4aa96e47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638467339148187580%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VvRlRLzf9ejSGY5ZR%2F3%2Fr78bb4kCJZkOjCw3maTFx30%3D&reserved=0" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Science Plan</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>, including to understand the extent of ongoing and planned data collection activities, and to coordinate and plan future data collection and research activities with respect to offshore wind. The data will be displayed via online mapping platforms.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
This layer represents transects from Center for Coastal Studies’ aerial surveys conducted from 2021-2024 along Cape Cod’s Eastern Outer Shore. CCS conducts Aerial surveys each winter in support of research on North Atlantic right whale population, ecology and human impacts. Aerial platforms allow researchers to survey the area more extensively in less time than vessel surveys would allow. Feeding right whales can swim slowly, mere feet below the surface for over twenty minutes. From the air, observers can see into the water and can track a subsurface whale until it emerges for a breath.
The main objective of the observers on board is to locate and document right whales. When a right whale is sighted, the plane breaks from its current track line to circle over the whale. The observers quickly record the position, how many whales are present, dive times and behaviors. Whales are also checked for signs of entanglement. One of the observers is responsible for obtaining identifying photographs of the whale. Right whales are identified by the patterns of callosities found on the top of the head. From the bird’s eye perspective of the airplane, the top of the whale’s head and a dorsal view of the body is easily photographed. Photographing the body is important as scars along the body and flukes can assist in identifying the individual whale. The surveys are conducted from January through May and are typically done once a month during that period. They used a line-transect methodology flying a series of east-west track lines that are spaced 3 nm apart.
For more information visit project site: https://coastalstudies.org/our-work/right-whale-research/population-monitoring/ ; and RWSC database project page: https://database.rwsc.org/details?recordId=rec8uYmbwmSLZaQOb These shapefiles display just the planned routes, to view the realized routes from all completed surveys visit: https://whalemap.org/#map
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Feature geometry.
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Coordinates defining the features.
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The end year in the YYYY format for the end of usable data for that path (i.e. the surveys are conducted in structured survey form). (*Default set to 2050 if no available end year)
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The start date in the D-Month format for the start of the typical survey season. (*NOT an actual date field, keeping it as text so that it doesn’t add a default year)
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The end date in the D-Month format for the end of the typical survey season. (*NOT an actual date field, keeping it as text so that it doesn’t add a default year)
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Unique label for use in symbology.
20260504
Debbie Brill
Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind
NA
NA
NA
NA
Deborah.brill@duke.edu
NA
Debbie Brill
Marine Mammals Subcommittee Lead
Received shapefiles directly from contacts
Received shapefiles directly from contacts
1. Data imported into GIS
2024-07-10T00:00:00
2. All features merged into single feature
2024-07-10T00:00:00
3. Field names added and filled in
2024-07-10T00:00:00
Polyline shapefiles depicting aerial survey transect positions
This dataset reflects ongoing aerial survey paths, and is complete as of 7/12/24. May be updated as needed.